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Fifteenth Institute

The World is My Parish: Glad Tidings of Salvation in an Age of Crisis

Attendance: 167 full and associate members

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Attendee List

Plenary Speakers:

Tom Greggs
“The Prophetic Vocation of the Church: Speaking and Living the ‘One thing needful.”’

Naveen Rao
“Five Breads & Two Fishes Economy: Redefining Crises, Salvation in the World Parish.”

Catherine Keller
“Ecology and Salvation: a Wesleyan Methodist Meditation on Stewardship.”

Plenary Panels:

Panel on Political Economy

Moderator: Filipe Maia
Panelists: Joerg Rieger, Claudia Lombardo, and Richard A. Davis

Panel on Racism

Moderator: Gerald Liu
Panelists: Tamara Lewis, Helmut Renders, Dong Hyeon Jeong

Panel on the Environment

Moderator: Timothy Eberhart
Panelists: Upolu Luma Vaai, Daniel D. Shin, Maaraidzo Mutambara

The Dow Kirkpatrick Lecture

Blanches de Paula
“Good news of joy: Creation and Salvation as an expression of God’s care in the world.”

Fernley Hartley Lecture

Upolu Luma Vaai
“Stop categorizing us as Vulnerable Victims’: Methodism, Relationality, and Ecological Justice in Pasifika”

Covenant Service Sermon:

J.C. Park

Closing Sermon

Kenneth H. Carter

Working Groups:

  1. Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible)
  2. Biblical Studies (New Testament)
  3. Ecumenical & Interreligious
  4. Methodist History A
  5. Methodist History B
  6. Mission and Evangelism
  7. Practical Theology
  8. Theological Education
  9. Theology and Ethics
  10. Wesley Studies
  11. Worship and Spirituality

The plenary presentations of this Institute will appear in a forthcoming book.



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